Friday, March 20, 2009

With spring allergy season right around the corner, I'm prepared for the worst. Not in terms of physical symptoms - that's all taken care of with prescriptions and plenty of Kleenexes. Rather, in terms of the onslaught of terrible myths surrounding carpet and its relationship to allergies.

You see, there's misinformation - and lots of it - in the hands of influencers - like doctors - claiming that carpet contributes to allergies, when it doesn't. Quite the opposite.

Sauerhoff concluded, "...based on the available science, carpet does not cause asthma or allergies and does not increase the incidence or severity of asthma or allergies symptoms. In fact, with respect to asthma and allergies, multiple studies have reported fewer allergy and asthma symptoms associated with carpet."

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

I literally just posted a similar article on my blog. After doing some research, I was surprised to learn that carpets don't really aggravate allergies -- I certainly thought they would trap dust and contribute to poor air quality.

I wish I had run across your article before finishing my own research. You have it all nicely outlined right here. I actually added your post to my article, hoping people will be able to get the information they need.

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